. Review of reviews and world's work. ^?h/> tif. STREET SCENE IN BUENOS AYRES. thing. Even the names of the public squaresand avenues carry French suggestions ; as, the Avenue of the Twenty-fifth of May, Argen-tinas Independence Day. Probably it is the cheapness of native horsesthat makes Buenos Ayres cling to horse railroads,which cross everywhere, and in every conductors scatter the crowds by the soundof a cornet ; not with a single note, as in Europe,but by a little/a«/ara. As these tram-lines be-long to different companies, every company, inorder to distinguish its own line fr
. Review of reviews and world's work. ^?h/> tif. STREET SCENE IN BUENOS AYRES. thing. Even the names of the public squaresand avenues carry French suggestions ; as, the Avenue of the Twenty-fifth of May, Argen-tinas Independence Day. Probably it is the cheapness of native horsesthat makes Buenos Ayres cling to horse railroads,which cross everywhere, and in every conductors scatter the crowds by the soundof a cornet ; not with a single note, as in Europe,but by a little/a«/ara. As these tram-lines be-long to different companies, every company, inorder to distinguish its own line from the others,makes its conductors execute its own differentfan far a. THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF HARPERSMAGAZINE. MR. HENRY MILLS ALDEN gives in theMay Harpers a sketch of the fifty yearslife of that magazine over which he has presidedfor more than a generation with such dignity andgood sense, such rare sympathy and literary in-sight, that no one will be inclined to dispute hisplace as the dean of magazine editors. Mr. Alden calls to mind, by way of
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